Hector

Word HECTOR
Character 6
Hyphenation hec tor
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Hector"

What do we mean by hector?

A bully. noun

To intimidate or dominate in a blustering way. intransitive verb

To behave like a bully; swagger. intransitive verb

To treat with insolence; threaten; bully.

To find fault with; fret at; chide; scold.

Synonyms To fret, worry, annoy, beset, provoke, irritate.

To play the bully; bluster; be turbulent or insolent.

A bully; a blustering, turbulent, noisy fellow. noun

One who teases or vexes. noun

A bully; a blustering, turbulent, insolent, fellow; one who vexes or provokes. noun

To treat with insolence; to threaten; to bully; hence, to torment by words; to tease; to taunt; to worry or irritate by bullying. transitive verb

To play the bully; to bluster; to be turbulent or insolent. intransitive verb

A bully; a blustering, turbulent, noisy fellow. noun

To intimidate or dominate in a blustering way. verb

To behave like a bully; swagger. verb

(Greek mythology) a mythical Trojan who was killed by Achilles during the Trojan War noun

Be bossy towards verb

Sometimes in the form Hector: a blustering, noisy, turbulent fellow; a blusterer, bully.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Hector

The word "hector" in example sentences

But in a speech to the Fabian Society in London, Mr Johnson made a veiled attack on the Conservative leader by saying the Government does not have a licence to 'hector' and 'lecture' people on how they live their life. ❋ FIDO The Dog (2008)

In pt ii. of the _Niebelungen Lied_, he sees his sons and liegemen struck down without making the least effort to save them, and is as unlike the Attila of history as a "hector" is to the noble Trojan "the protector of mankind." ❋ Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1853)

David Cameron has said he will not "hector" the Chinese over human rights despite pressure to condemn the jailing of China's Nobel Peace Prize winner. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Mr Cameron has said it would be wrong for him to "hector" Chinese politicians and business leaders over human rights, ducking questions of whether he will take up the matter at the highest levels. ❋ Unknown (2010)

David Cameron has said it would be wrong for him to "hector" Chinese politicians and business leaders over human rights ❋ Unknown (2010)

The same goes for the European Parliament, which manages to hector the world about fuel-use even as it shuttles itself at taxpayers' expense between its two seats in Brussels and Strasbourg. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Is there some law of conservation of puritanism in American culture, that we always have to find a new class of sinners to officially hector? ❋ Unknown (2010)

Johnathan M, the journal entry to which you linked is primarily a condemnation of those who hector science fiction writers in an attempt to act as thought-police monitoring the writer's science fiction stories for political correctness. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The only thing different about Obama from Hillary is that he's African-American and that has opened the racial floodgates to hector, harass, and demean him. ❋ Earl Ofari Hutchinson (2011)

The horror of creating deficits by government spending and a drumbeat media echo chamber to turn the airwaves there were no TV networks into an electronic bully pulpit to badger, hector, harangue and pillory FDR at every turn for spending too much didn't exist. ❋ Earl Ofari Hutchinson (2011)

Let's all go down and hector these people until they understand what a mistake it was to come to Portland to convene and spend their money. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But the political survivor teamed up with fellow party leader and former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama to hector Mr. Kan. ❋ Toko Sekiguchi (2011)

Hell, we could just pick a few letters in “financial reform” and call it FNARF. hector says: ❋ Unknown (2010)

The rest of them don't sing, they just pontificate, nag and hector. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But the G-7 for years tried to hector the Chinese into changing its policy concerning the yuan with little discernible effect. ❋ Ian Talley (2010)

The Oxford English Dictionary has two primary definitions of "bully" above the one we normally consider as bullying in common parlance: "A blustering 'gallant'; a bravo, hector, or 'swash-buckler'; now, esp. a tyrannical coward who makes himself a terror to the weak." ❋ Dr. Susan Corso (2010)

I have never agreed with Hector more (mind you, i have possibly never agreed with hector). ❋ Unknown (2010)

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